Artisan 5 User Guide

315 Pages·2015·44.12 MB·English

by  My Name

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CHAPTER 1 Getting Started
WelcometoForeverArtisan5.0 9
WhatCanICreatewithArtisan? 9
GettingStarted—TheNutsandBolts 12
WindowsSystemRequirements 12
InstallingArtisan 13
ActivatingArtisan 14
GettingHelpandSupport 15
AccessingtheInternetfromArtisan 16
GetConnectedtotheArtisanCommunity 17
What'sNew 18
ArtisanWorkspace-YourDigitalCraftRoom 19
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T ChooseaWorkMode:BasicorAdvanced 19
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T ChangingYourModeWithinaSession 20
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O NavigatetheHomePage 20
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NavigatetheWorkspace 21
FindingYourWay 24
Menus 25
FileMenu 25
Short-cutMenus 30
Pop-upMenus 31
RibbonMenus 32
WorkingwithRibbonMenus 33
HomeRibbon 35
InsertRibbon 38
FormatRibbon 40
CutRibbon 43
ColorRibbon 44
FiltersRibbon 45
TouchupRibbon 46
PhotoRibbon 47
ViewRibbon 49
QuickStepstoaPhotoBookProject 50
NowWhat? 56
CHAPTER 2 ContentManager
ContentManagerOverview 64
HowContentManagerisUsed 65
ContentManagerNavigation-UsingtheViews 66
"UsingLibraryView"onpage 1 66
"UsingMyCategories"onpage 1 66
"UsingTags"onpage 1 67
UsingLibraryView 68
UsingMyCategories 70
UsingTags 72
HowtoCreateaTag 75
HowtoAssignaTagtoanElement 76
HowtoUseaTagtoSearchforanElement 77
ContentinArtKits 78
WorkingwithArtKits 78
HowtoPurchaseandDownloadanArtKit 79
HowtoActivateanArtKit 84
ManagingYourArtKitActivationCodes 88
HowtoCreateanArtKit 90
HowtoAddElementstoYourArtKit 92
AddanEmbellishment 96
CreateanElementfromScratch 98
CHAPTER 3 Photosand Images
WorkingwithPhotosandImages 100
AddingaPhototoaPage 102
UsingthePhotoPanel 105
PlacingPhotoswithDragandDrop 108
AddingMorePhotos 109
UsingtheShort-CutMenu 111
TouchingUpaPhoto 119
ConvertingColortoMonochrome 126
B&W 126
Sepia 129
AdjustingColorandLight 131
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HueandSaturation 132
ColorWash 134
Brightness 135
Balance 136
Temperature 137
Levels 138
Curves 140
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ApplyingFilters 143
ArtisticFilters 144
EdgeFilters 146
DistortionFilters 147
SurfaceFilters 149
StylizeFilters 150
WorkingwithFramesandMats 153
AboutFrames 153
CHAPTER 4 Working with Elements
WorkingwithElements 167
WorkingwithColorsandFills 168
UnderstandingColorPalettes 168
TheColorPicker 169
UnderstandingFills 169
HowtoFillwithaNewColor 171
HowtoSampleaColor 172
HowtoFillwithaGradient 174
HowtoFillwithaPaper 177
UsingtheColorPicker 180
WorkingwithShapes 186
InsertingaStandardShape 186
ShapeEditor-CreateaShape 188
InsertingaShapefromaFontKit 189
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ShapeEditor-CreateanEdge 191
ShapeEditor-CreateaCorner 193
WorkingwithCuts 195
SelectinganElementtoCut 195
HowtoSelect 195
HowtoCutaStraightLine 199
HowtoCutShapes 201
HowtoCutaTextOutline 203
HowtoMakeaCustomCut 204
HowtoCutCorners 207
HowtoMakeGridCuts 211
WorkingwithShadows 215
HowtoAddaShadowtoanElement 215
ArrangingElementsonaPage 219
WorkingwiththeElementsPanel 219
WorkingwithArrangeMenus 220
WorkingwithFormattingOptions 225
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WhatAreMyOptions? 225
UsingTexttoFormatanElement 226
ApplyingaStroketoanElement 231
WorkingwithCalendars 235
HowtoInsertaCalendarElement 236
HowtoAddSpecialDatesandImagestoaCalendar 238
WorkingwithOtherElements 243
InsertaLine 243
OutlineaShape 245
CreateaRubberStampEffect 248
CreateaCalendar 252
CHAPTER 5 Working with Text
WorkingwithText 254
WorkingwithaTextBox 255
WorkingwithaTextPath 259
CreatetheTextPath 260
AdjusttheTextPath 265
WorkingwithFancyAlphabetSets 266
HowtoUseaFancyAlphabetSet 267
WorkingwithShapesandText 271
HowtoPlaceanImageInsideText 272
CHAPTER 6 Completing a Project
PreviewingandPrintingYourFinalProject 278
CompensatingforTrimmingandBleed 278
UsingtheViewRibbon 278
OrderingYourFinalProject 285
HowtoPrintaPageonYourPrinter 286
HowtoOrderaPrintedProject 287
QuickStepstoCreatingaPage 292
QuickStepstoaPhotoBookProject 301
NowWhat? 309
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CHAPTER 1 Getting Started
Thischaptercontainsthe following topics:
WelcometoForeverArtisan5.0 9
WhatCanICreatewithArtisan? 9
GettingStarted—TheNutsandBolts 12
WindowsSystemRequirements 12
InstallingArtisan 13
ActivatingArtisan 14
GettingHelpandSupport 15
AccessingtheInternetfromArtisan 16
GetConnectedtotheArtisanCommunity 17
What'sNew 18
ArtisanWorkspace-YourDigitalCraftRoom 19
ChooseaWorkMode:BasicorAdvanced 19
ChangingYourModeWithinaSession 20
NavigatetheHomePage 20
NavigatetheWorkspace 21
FindingYourWay 24
Menus 25
FileMenu 25
Short-cutMenus 30
Pop-upMenus 31
RibbonMenus 32
WorkingwithRibbonMenus 33
HomeRibbon 35
InsertRibbon 38
FormatRibbon 40
CutRibbon 43
ColorRibbon 44
FiltersRibbon 45
TouchupRibbon 46
PhotoRibbon 47
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ViewRibbon 49
QuickStepstoaPhotoBookProject 50
NowWhat? 56
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Welcome to ForeverArtisan 5.0
Yourlifeisfullofstories…tellyourswithArtisan.Frombeginnerstothetechsavvy,Artisangivesyoueverythingyouneed
tocreativelytellyourstory.Powerfultoolsinaneasy-to-useinterfaceallowyoutoexplorethefeaturesandlearnatyour
ownpace.
You’llfindallthetoolsandcontentyou’dexpectinadigitalscrapbookingapplication:papers,embellishments,textures,
frames,decorativecutters,brushstrokes.Youcanevencreateyourownpapersandembellishmentstouselater.Even
better,youdon’tneedaninternetconnectionbecauseArtisanlivesonyourdesktop.You’llhavealltheeditingtoolsof
expensive,hard-to-learnapplications–imagefilters,texttools,acalendarcreator,afull-featuredimageeditor–withoutthe
heftypricetagandtimeinvested.
WhatCanICreatewithArtisan?
Shareyourmemories—frompicturestoproudinafewsteps!Useyourownphotosandimagestocreateartful:
Figure 1-1 Photobooks
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Figure 1-2 PostersorPages
Figure 1-3 Calendars
Figure 1-4 Phone Cases
Othernoveltyproducts(e.g.,mugs,mousepads)canalsobecreatedfromanimageandafewclicks.Infact,itisalmost
unfairtocallArtisana“tool,”asyouwillfinditmorelikea“toy”that’sfunandaddictive!
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